Ies capable of semi-automatically generating/ invoking all legal argument chains (lacs) in the spl test of a claimed invention (ci), as enabled by its inventive concepts (incs)

ABSTRACT

A computer-implemented method, by its execution
         realizing an “Innovation Expert System, IES”—comprising at least a processor, a memory for storing the method&#39;s executable code for the processor, at least one I/O device for IES&#39;s interactions with an IES user, an “Items/Events Memory, I/EM” for storing all items and events the method refers to, and a “User Interface Entity, UIE” ::={&lt;KR-UIE, HI-UIE, IC-UIE&gt;.Y|YεY UIE }—
           in its config-mode generating and customizing a set of “legal argument chain, LAC”, {LAC},
               for a given “PTR Data Structure, PTR FFOLLIN -DS” determined by the FSTP FFOLLIN -Test,   and an “Arguable Subtest, AST”εFSTP FFOLLIN -Test—omitting “ FFOLLIN ” in the future—with {LAC}::={LAC AST .Z|LAC AST .Z proves TT.0 passes AST∀ZεZ AST }, whereby ∀ZεZ AST ⊂Y UIE  holds
                   KR-UIE.Z comprises the AST,   HI-UIE.Z is input by a user, and   IC-UIE.Z is determined by a user;   
                   
               in its realtime-mode presenting an invoked generated and/or customized LAC AST .Z, ZεZ AST ;   
           when executed by the IES, the latter repeatedly consecutively invokes and completely executes, for any IES user separately, the action A) when the IES is in a config-mode resp. the action B) when the IES is in a realtime-mode, which means that for an IES user the IES then   A) i. automatically identifies a ZεZ AST  for which a LAC AST  exists already or an ASTεFSTP-Test(PTR) to be transformed into a LAC,
           ii. automatically prompts a user to input into said identified KR-UIE.Z said AST, into its HI-UIE.Z what the representation shall be of this AST on what I/O device, and into its IC-UIE.Z what interactive control a user shall have during said representation of said AST,   iii. automatically may accept information from at least one IES user to be communicated to at least one other IES user&#39;s I/O device(s),   iv. on request of an IES user toggles this IES user&#39;s mode of the IES to the realtime-mode.   
           B) i. automatically identifies a LACε{LAC AST },
           ii. automatically identifies an AST then automatically identifies a LACε{LAC AST },   iii. on having determined said LAC, presents it as defined in A)ii. or predefined,   iv. automatically may accept information from at least one IES user to be communicated to at least one other IES user&#39;s I/O device(s);   v. on request of an IES user toggles this IES user&#39;s mode of the IES to the config-mode.

GLOSSARY

The below quoted and underlined phrases used by the specification havethe following meanings:

-   -   a) “on direct or indirect request by an IES user” says that this        IES user may by itself invoke a function (=request its execution        directly) or else it may be prompted by the IES to invoke a        function (=request its execution indirectly).    -   b) “several different LACs about any AST of a CI/TT.0” shall        indicate that the existence of several LACs need not only be due        to an IES user having defined several different multimedia        presentations for a LAC, but may also be caused by the AST        itself comprising different ways of reasoning, e.g. having        different disclosures for an inC the AST deals with and/or        having for a disclosure more than one legal justification.    -   c) An answer provided by the IES to a query put by an IES user        (as to at least one aspect of at least one inC of the CI at        issue) is called “complete and concise” if it addresses and        comprises all relevant legal and technical information and        presents this information such that it shows the CI meets all        respective requirements stated by SPL—unlike information        provided by the classical claim construction, as missing both        these objectives.    -   d) “question raised by an IES user intentionally or not” says        that the user may raise this question quite purposefully, i.e.        targeted, or incidentally, i.e. by chance e.g. in presenting an        argument.    -   e) The different “logics” of an AST denote the various kinds        this AST may present some issue, e.g. justify why an inC is        disclosed by the specification or why the inCs in a set are        independent.    -   f) “All ASTs for a given CI and its FFOLLIN” says that any part        of this CI's FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test is covered by an AST, i.e. the        CI's complete FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test understood as a logical        conjunction of basic logic statements is decomposed into sets of        BASTs (see γ) above).    -   g) Two LACs are “nonredundant”, if the ASTs they represent share        no BAST.

“LAC”: Any instantiation of it—when invoked (and created by the IES forits partial existence during the execution of the UIE.Y defining it) ondirect or indirect request by an IES user—responds to one of thefinitely many questions (anticipated in its config-mode) by an answerpotentially in multimedia presentation (determined in its config-mode)instantly, correctly, completely, concisely, and to some degree usercontrollable by an IES user as to this answer's presentation and/or itslogics. The occurrence of this question, raised by an IES userintentionally or not, is the reason of this instantiation's invocation.The issue addressed by this question is one of the finitely many aspectsof testing a given CI for its satisfying the requirement(s) stated bythe given respective FFOLLIN instantiation. The set of all LACs defined,for a given FFOLLIN and its CI in config-mode, establishes the totalusefulness of this CI provided by the so configured IES in this FFOLLIN.

“AST”: Any instantiation of it enables accessing a specific part of theFSTP-DS—potentially finer than that of an FSTP-test.o and/or stretchingover parts of several FSTP-test.o—whereby all ASTs, for a given CI andits FFOLLIN, in total cover this CI's FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-DS. Thus, theusefulness of an AST instantiation consists in its providing access, inthe CI's test for satisfying its given FFOLLIN, to that part of theFSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test represented by this AST instantiation.

“IC-UIE”: Any instantiation of it enables structuring and controllingthe presentation of any part of any LAC.

“HI-UIE”: Any instantiation of it enables determining the multimediaaspects and didactic presentation of any LAC.

“KR-UIE”: Any instantiation of it enables supporting the presentation ofany LAC by an appropriate choice of the logics of the AST.

I. INTRODUCTION

This SPL¹⁾ oriented patent application is a continuation in part of U.S.Ser. No. 14/165,225. ¹ While today differences still exist between the“Substantive Patent Laws, SPLs” of the US and other regions/nations,e.g. the EU with the SPL of its EPC, these should disappear soon, asinternationally harmonizing so understood SPLs is politically not toocontroversial and economically highly beneficial for all parties as thenbeing “Highest Courts” proof—in the US totally, in the EU and manyIndustrial nations vastly. Similar processes occurred in the past, e.g.with the national accounting procedures of public companies, todayharmonized by the worldwide IFRS (International Financial ReportingStandard). Here, the PatentHighwayProgram of several large PTOs may playa decisive role.

The US Supreme Court's Mayo decision [1,18,19] requires describing aclaimed invention (“CI”) by its “inventive concepts, inCs” if it dealswith emerging technology subject matter and hence is “model based”—andthus stimulated Advanced IT [2] research on decision making in testingsuch CIs under SPL, also holding if describing the CI needs no model[11,18,19,25,36,45,71,78].

Models are e.g.: The “ISO/OSI” model of telecommunications, “molecularbonding forces” models of nano-technology, “RNA/DNA” models of genetics,“Natural Language” models of Advanced IT—some standardized, allimplicitly used by SPL precedents without being aware of this. Thephilosophical synonym of the term model is “paradigm”, the scientificone “reference system”, e.g. “coordinate system”. Using a model oftenenables describing a CI precisely on top of it, though it itself is notunderstood precisely—as practiced with mathematics'“axioms/theorems/proofs”, with physics' “laws of nature”, and here withSPL's “claimed inventions”. The here claimed invention is applicable toall model based CIs.

[10,18,19,25,46,47] proved: A CI satisfies SPL if it passes the“FSTP-Test”. Thus, the FSTP-Test may (semi-)automatically deliver alldifferent “Legal Argument Chains, LACs” showing a CI satisfies SPL. Thisgreatly facilitates every patent practitioner's decision making as totesting a CI under SPL, in particular if it is model based. SPLreasoning is always of finite first order logic (“FFOL”).

A system based on a CI's alias TT.0's PTR^(SPL)-DS [6,7] which storesall SPL-relevant functional and nonfunctional properties of this CI—iscalled an “Innovation Expert System, IES”, if it has a “User InterfaceEntity, UIE” enabling its user(s) to access of this CI all (legallynonredundant) LACs showing its satisfying SPL. An IES leverages on itsPTR-DS embodying, by all results of its CI's FSTP-Test, all “ArguableSubtests, ASTs”—these being the blueprints of all LACs of this CI.Automatic LACs generation according to this invention is not limited toCIs' tests under SPL, as shown in Section II.

The UIE of an IES is made-up from UIE.Ys, Y=1, 2, . . . , any onecomprising a knowledge representation “KR-UIE.Y”, a human interaction“HI-UIE.Y”, and an interaction control “IC-UIE.Y” entity, inconfig-/realtime-mode used separately resp. synchronously. An IES or auser of it invokes between them an “interaction”. In config-mode aninteraction serves for generating or modifying of a UIE.Y by a user atleast 1 of its just quoted 3 components. In realtime mode an interactionserves for invoking, controlled by its IC-UIE.Y, the presentation of aHI-UIE.Y. In both modes this interaction uses its KR-UIE.Y, which inturn uses the knowledge stored by PTR-DS [11,25]. A UIE.Y may besubdivided into (potentially nested) “UIE.Y Steps”; invoking a UIE.Ycauses at least executing one of them partially.

A LAC.Z, Z=1, 2, . . . , is presented by executing at least 1 partialUIE.Y in realtime-mode. An AST.X, X=1, 2, . . . , is accessed by atleast 1 KR-UIE.Y, each translated into at least 1 LAC.Z. An AST.X may beused in at least 1 “logics presentation”, tied to at least 1 HI-UIE.Y byits own IC-UIE.Y, as customized by an IES user in config-mode—betweenwhich a user may toggle by invoking these IC-UIE.Ys. I.e.: Inconfig-mode of the IES, any AST is (semi-)automatically transformableinto its 1 or more LAC.Zs, being AST's in various logics presentationstranslated into multimedia presentations by UIE.Ys—as needed by a judge,examiner, lawyer, inventor, . . . . In realtime-mode a user may togglebetween these UIE.Ys of an AST.X for highlighting its aspects by theLAC.Zs into which AST.X is translated.

FIG. 1 shows an AST.1 translated into 3 LAC.a/b/c by their UIE.1a/1b/1cof 1/2/3 sequential UIE.1a^([1])/1b^([1,2])/1c^([1,2,3]) stepssemi-automatically generated/customized in config-mode by defining by anIES user their respective 6<HI-UIE.Ys, KR-UIE.Ys, IC-UIE.Ys>. FIG. 2shows that AST.1 may have 2 logics presentations, leading to 3 morepowerful LAC.d/e/f by their UIE.1d/1e/1f, again based on 6 steps (lines)in total. More information about the FIGS. 1/2 is provided by the end ofSection II.

II. ON GENERATING ALL LACS FOR A CI'S TEST UNDER ANY FFOLLIN¹⁾²⁾

² Due to the novelty of this part of the specification, manydetails—also evident—ones were briefly explained in Section II. Suchtrivialities ought to be superfluous in a patent application, thespecification of which comprises this part. If a future patentapplication were supported by its PTR-DS—or even by an IES as disclosedhere—all such explanations, also trivial ones, would be presented to auser on its request in realtime, potentially in utmost controllablemultimedia presentation.

This patent application leverages on scientific insights achieved in theFSTP project, the Reference List of which, quoting their publications,is provided by the ANNEX. They showed, how all ASTs—all beingnon-isomorphic—of a CI/TT.0 tested under SPL, may semi-automatically betransformed, using an IES in config-mode, into their peer LACs, which inthe realtime-mode of the IES then may be automatically invoked, asoutlined in Section I. The role of the FFOLLIN is explained after α)-ζ)below.

For conveying the working of the IES in config-mode, the below bulletpoints specify technical features of an IES enabling a user of it toconfigure alias calibrate alias customize it according to the needs ofits user(s) in its realtime-mode. Thereby one or several users may usethe IES simultaneously in config- and/or realtime-mode, thus directly orindirectly communicating with each other. The understanding of theworking of the IES in realtime-mode immediately follows from itsconfig-mode understanding. They add such features sometimes redundantly,as explained already above and/or by these publications.

Section III, defining the meanings of this CI's in Cs and of the claimsas wholes—if not evident already from the inCs' definitions thenleverages on these explanations in Section II, as they provide theinterpretation basis of these meanings. These bullet points thus alsodisclose the scope of this CI.

-   -   By [25], a CI satisfies SPL if it passes the FSTP-Test (see FIG.        3). And: A CI passing FSTP-test.m, 2≦m≦10 (on top of a subset S        resp. S′ of TT.0's finite set of all its BED-inCs) passes all        FSTP test.n, 1≦n<m, on top of this set. The inverse of this        implication evidently needs not to hold.    -   The complete FSTP-Test is a program evaluating, for a CI under        SPL test, the whole FFOL expression modeling the logics (see        below) of and between the 11 concerns embodied by the 35 USC SPL        over the mirror predicates of BED-inCs of this CI, the        conjunctions of these BED-inCs' mirror predicates modeling the        properties of the elements of the CI. Their peers in prior art        TTs may or may not exist—as decided by an FSTP-Test user (and        confirmed by the posc)—forming the ANC matrix.    -   Any AST is a lexically and syntactically correct “sentence”        alias FFOL term from within this whole FFOL expression. Hence,        for any CI, there are only finitely many ASTs, and for any AST        its semantic is evident (except the semantics of the above        properties and the relations between them that the user/posc has        input into the PTR-DS when generating it—here assumed to be        correct).    -   PTR dependent, only finitely many (usually few hundred) ASTs        exists. All these ASTs are executable on top of these finitely        many and PTR-dependent BED-in-C subsets. All these ASTs, resp.        their BASTAs (see below) are the blueprints for all LACs. Other        (legally nonredundant) LACs don't exist though different        presentations to IES users of any AST as different LACs may.    -   Any UIE.Y for any AST.X (to be translated into a LAC.Z) may be        generated in config-mode by an IES user by its invoking the        “UIE-stub” provided by any IES implementation and delivering to        it this UIE.Y, depending on the parameters of this invocation        being a fresh UIE.Y or an existing and defined UIE.Y for        checking or changing the result of preceding input, or the        interworking between presenting several UIE.Y invocations of        LAC.Z, or its interworking with other LAC.Z′ presentations.        Thereby any UIE.Y may be composed by the user of one or several        sequential “UIE steps, UIESes”, whereby any UIES again may be        composed by the user of one or several sequential such steps        (“nested UIE.Ys”). Any UIE.Y and UIES.Y must be specified by the        user—except automatic ones, depending on the particular IES        implementation and/or configuration—as to the functionalities of        their 3 resp. KR-/HI-/IC-UIE.Ys or KR-/HI-/IC-UIES.Ys.    -   The just mentioned 3 components of any UIEs may vastly be        generated automatically by the IES or interactively generated by        a user guided by the IES—not elaborated on in this patent        application—and would basically be the same or similar, i.e. are        principally stereotypical.    -   Thereby the objective of the claimed invention presented here,        is not limited to providing for a given CI only all LAC.Zs for        justifying solely its classical claim construction—such LAC.Zs        would only show that the CI has a chance to satisfy SPL—but to        provide all LAC.Zs showing CI satisfies SPL.    -   After automatically or semi-automatically/interactively having        decomposed in config-mode, as deemed reasonable by an IES user,        all the PTR-DS into all ASTs, any one potentially in a multitude        of ASTs' logics, into peer LACs' multimedia representations and        user interaction capabilities (as shown by FIGS. 1/2 and the        below steps α)-ζ)), in realtime-mode these ASTs or LACs may be        invoked automatically (e.g. by an acoustic word spotter of the        IES), and/or (semi-)automatically by an IES user (see the below        steps α)-ζ)). Thereby its execution may comprise specific items        for communicating with a user, e.g. about any kind of management        issues. Pertinent ordinary skill knows, e.g. from IVR systems        and their audio pattern spotting and matching functionalities,        how in principle to (semi-)automatically identify in realtime        LACs to be instantly invoked, as the dialog just taking place        generates an appropriate pattern. Here such LAC identification        and invocation processes in realtime-mode may be substantially        supported by the IES calibration providing resp. hints to these        processes, e.g. leveraging on graphical and/or acoustic patterns        embodied by a related multimedia thesaurus construction based on        “AST patterns”.    -   The complete FSTP-Test of a CI for its satisfying 35 USC SPL        comprises the 10 FSTP-test.o, 1≦o≦10 of FIG. 3. It is executed        for the “set V claim interpretations, Sol” of the CI, selected        in (b)/(c) therein, i.e. all TT.0s of this CI—a CI may enable        several interpretations, if disclosed by its patent's        (application's) specification [71,78]. The term/notion        “technical teaching 0, TT.0” [6,7,11] then stands for one them        [71,78]. I.e.: The TT.0s are the elements of the CI's “set of        interpretations, Sol”.    -   Note that there is a variety of execution sequences of the        FSTP-Test for any one of these TT.0s: While the initialization        sequence of the 10 FSTP test.o's must be that of their natural        number indexes, they may be executed exhaustively or        overlapping—i.e., for the latter case holds: ∀FSTP-test.n check        of this CI only those of its inCs already confirmed by the        FSTP-test.m ∀m<n.    -   Advanced IT knows that the input and commands provided by an IES        user to the IES just as the latter's output to an IES user must        have, for being understandable by both, some before given—here a        priori defined by the IES—alphabet(vocabulary) and syntax and        semantics and pragmatics or these must be determined during the        execution of the claimed invention's FSTP-Test by the IES under        rules given a priori by the IES and under the control by an IES        user.    -   The term/notion “legal argument chain, LAC” stands for what is        commonly understood by any posc with knowledge of the SPL. Its        broad meaning is not limited in any other way. The index “Z”        identifies a particular LAC.Z, more precisely: an instantiation        Z of the “type LAC” (in terms of programming languages). The        same applies for the types/instantiations “AST”/“AST.X”,        “UIE”/“UIE.Y”, . . . .    -   The above UIE-stub provided by an IES on top of a        PTR-DS—representing a CI's TT.0 to be tested for satisfying        SPL—is available to an IES user all the time (unless locked by a        user). As said above already: By means of the UIE-stub an IES        user may define a broad range of UIE instantiations for        configuring the UIE between an IES user and the IES for        customizing the CI's SPL test for the IES user: Such as to        facilitate for it using the functionality provided by the IES        for this test.    -   Whether a UIE.Y is to be generated/integrated/modified or        executed is determined by the mode the IES is in at UIE.Y        invocation time—whereby this mode may be set by an IES user        (e.g. the one performing this invocation or another one) or by        the IES and/or at whatsoever time of the existence of this UIE.Y        and of the function execution being invoked. Thereby conflicts        may occur and must be resolved by the implementation of the IES,        either automatically or interactively with an IES user.    -   Any invocation may refer to only a step within a UIE        instantiation.    -   The content of a human interaction, i.e. its semantics, is        currently transparent to the IES unless it is automatically        derived by the IES from the AST at issue, potentially occurring        for very simple ASTs.

The usefulness of the here disclosed CI—i.e. of the IES resp. of themethod controlling it—is to be seen in the HI-UIEs' capability of(semi-)automatic instant information presentations by one or severaldifferent LACs about any AST of a CI's TT.0 under e.g. SPL test to anIES user, in response to the latter's invocation of some detail of thePTR-DS or its FSTP-Test representing this TT.0 resp. this detail.

The claimed invention has been invented, in particular, for thusenabling the IES to present automatically or interactively a LAC inresponse to a question being asked, as if this response were provided bya human being of total knowledge about the TT.0 being SPL tested.

To this end, this response must be represented by the IES—by having theperson speaking and showing what it graphically uses for support of itspresentation, both in reality or on a screen, anyway all media used insynchrony, what would be the normal cases in realtime mode use of theIES—as it were presented without the support by the IES. For achievingthis, the IES enables a user first to acoustically and/or graphicallyinput fragments of the arguments it later intends to present in itspersonalized fashion, then to combine these fragments into what itconsiders to be a complete legal argument chain, and finally to invokethe automatic reproduction of this argument. Responding this way to alistener/viewer of this LAC—to a question it or somebody else had inputto the claimed invention before as a query—then would appear to thelistener/viewer as a personal and potentially multimediaannouncement/information of a smart IMR system (IMR=interactivemultimedia response). This “user personalization” of the behavior of theclaimed invention's IMR subsystem would comprise that an IES user andthe IES may cooperate in jointly presenting a complex LAC byalternatively speaking or reacting on interposed questions by answeringthem immediately—whereby such prompt reactions may be configured, alsoby IC-UIE.Ys, to be interventions and/or accompanying illustrations,always under an IES user control. Variants of such interactions aredisclosed by Sections III and IV.

For achieving this result, the IES would execute many steps of such awhole process automatically or interactively, as outlined in α)-ζ)below. E.g., when directly or indirectly (i.e. on IES request) invokedby an IES user, the IES may basically:

-   α) recognize by/for which “high level user interaction”—due to the    FFOL nature of the problem only finitely many such user interactions    are required by an IES—this invocation occurred, then-   β) derive, for this interaction, which technical items and/or legal    items from the FSTP-DS it needs,-   γ) determine, by which “basic AST arguments, BASTAs” (see below)    they are covered—due to the FFOL nature of the problem, i.e. of the    FSTP-Test, there is only a finite number of BASTs for any TT.0, the    respective TT.0 independent BASTAs would be provided by the IES, and    the TT.0 dependent BASTAs would be input by an IES user into the IES    under the latter's guidance being controlled by the PTR-DS prior to    using the IES as outlined by α)-ζ)—then-   δ) compile from these BASTAs some “sequence of BASTA, SoBASTA”—due    to the FFOL nature of the problem any sequence is correct, yet    second thoughts being useful—a single complete sequence of “low    level answers” to these question, and have a KR-UIE instantiation    represent this SoBASTA,    -   ε) translate this low level SoBASTA into one or several        specific—but logically equivalent to each other and to the        SoBASTA—sequences of future (if working in config-mode) or        actual (if working in realtime-mode) multimedia outputs on what        I/O devices, and have the same number of HI-UIE instantiations        represent these future/actual outputs, whereby each such        instantiation provides, potentially supported by the KR-UIE        alias SoBASTA, a specific basis for one or several sequences of        high-level user interactions invoked above but executed under        the control of ζ), and finally)    -   ζ) determine, for any HI-UIE instantiation of ε), when in the        future (if working in config-mode) or actually (if working in        realtime-mode) on what event how to output on what I/O devices        which part of this or another one of these HI-UIE instantiations        of ε), and have for this HI-UIE instantiation its specific        IC-UIE instantiation represent these future/actual interaction        controls—thus linking, to commands of IES users, not only parts        of HI-UIE instantiations of ε) but also what any latter part        needs for its execution from a KR-UIE.

Some comments on the steps α)-ζ) and in particular on this CI'sphilosophy may be helpful:

-   -   Any step requires some interactive input from or control by an        IES user or executes fully automatic.    -   These steps differ when invoked in different modes, e.g. i) in        explorative/calibrating/config-mode, ii) in        reply-testing-mode, iii) in “one-way”-reply-mode, iv) in        “two-way”-alias “interactive”-reply-mode, v) in some        “consolidation”-reply mode, . . . .    -   The BASTAs (=basic AST arguments) in step γ) represent a        complete (usually neither not unique nor non-redundant) finite        set of basic building blocks into which the whole FSTP-Test may        be decomposed. In any BASTA the term “basic” has the meaning        that it deals with only a single factual alias “technical”        and/or legal question as to one of the 10 FSTP-test.o (which        enables dealing e.g. with the finitely many such details or        evaluations or relations of some kinds of inCs or the        FSTP-test.o at issue), and the term “argument” indicates that        the BASTAs are translated into the basic building blocks also of        the LACs.    -   While an embodiment of the CI of this patent application working        with the steps α)-ζ) uses the functionality specified for the CI        in a pretty sophisticated manner, for the person of posc its        implementation would nevertheless be straightforward realizable.        This holds the more for the CI's simpler embodiments, always        achievable by appropriately limiting the I/O flexibility of such        embodiments.    -   In addition to the steps α)-ζ), an embodiment of the claimed        invention may provide “prototypes” of all user interactions and        modes it provides, as well as macros for the stereotypically        recurring parts when invoking them, such as repeating some        passage in other words or particularly slowly, or skipping        momentarily boring details, or prompting a user to continue, or        asking for confirmation the understanding of the just said, or .        . . .    -   LACs may also be presented by their default configurations        coming with user interactions specific for models of application        areas (see Section I). These prototype interactions are fine for        inputting/defining/configuring specific UIE instantiations by a        user for its personalization of the IES and/or its LACs for        adapting them to the specificities of the actual PTR-DS under        test—but normally these prototypes' functioning is not yet what        an IES user ideally would like to use.    -   This patent application nowhere uses peculiarities of an SPL¹⁾        or its FSTP-Test. I.e., SPLs are too narrow for specifying it.        The next paragraphs shall clarify this and thus determine the        scope of the CI of this patent application.

Speaking in terms of programming languages: SPL, “Substantive CopyrightLaw, SCL”, . . . , may be seen as a range of “directive” typedeclarations, the defining commonality of which is their being a “finiteFOL legal norm, FFOLLN”. Hence, any such directive type declaration maybe called FFOLLN and is defined by a finite set of conjunctively to bemet requirements by any instantiation of this directive type, i.e. byany subject matter satisfying it.

Here, any instantiation of a FFOLLN would occur by means of a subjectmatter being a CI of FFOL, thus by means of a finite set ofBED^(SCL)-inCs generative for this CI [71]. Hence, this instantiationbeing a subject matter defined by this CI of this FFOLLN—is called“finite FOL legal invention norm, FFOLLIN”.

Based on this understanding, one sees that the scope of this patentapplication's CI indeed comprises any IES^(FFOLLIN)—which is confirmedby a careful analysis of the claims claiming this CI. Thus, from theabove programming language considerations and definitions follows (ingeneralization of the considerations in e.g.[10,18,19,25],mathematically reconsidered by [73], and putting it in terms independentof programming language and legal jargon): The scope of the CI of thispatent application comprises any equally powerful “test of a creationnecessary and sufficient for its meeting a given requirement,TC.NaS.MR”.

Being “equally powerful” means: This CI enables building for any FFOLLINan IES^(FFOLLIN), which by customization/configuration becomes thatknowledgeable that, if asked a question about this TT.0^(FFOLLIN)'ssatisfying a requirement its FFOLLIN instantiation states, it mayinstantly respond by one or several correct and complete LACs, theirpresentations being controllable by an IES user (as detailed above).

This generalization evidently impacts also on the FSTP^(SPL)-Testdetermining the PTR^(SPL)-DS, implying that an FSTP^(TCNaSMR)-Testdetermines a PTR^(TCNaSMR)-DS. Writing just “FSTO^(FFOLLN)-Test” and“PTR^(FFOLLN)-DS” is less specific in notation, but implies the same.This generalization even may be expanded to the FFOLLN's dependency onnon-finite parameters, e.g. time. I.e., the CI of this patentapplication has, as clearly indicated already in Section I, a muchbroader application area—i.e. all FFOLxNs areas, “x” standing not onlyfor “law” but also for any private “directive”—than the one repeatedlyexplicitly addressed above for exemplary purposes, namely 35 USC SPL.

-   -   An IES^(FFOLLIN) defined by some FFOLLIN creation alias        “technical teaching.0, TT.0^(FFOLLIN)”—defined to be a CI the        properties of the elements of which are precisely describable by        conjunctions of the mirror-predicates of this TT.0's        BED^(FFOLLIN)-inCs—is all-knowing (in the above described sense)        as to TT.0^(FFOLLIN)'s satisfying this FFOLLN, and is comprised        by claim 16. E.g.: An IES^(SPL) defined by a CI^(SPL)'s        BED^(SPL)-inCs and the FSTP^(SPL)-Test is all knowing about        CI^(SPL)'satisfying this SPL.    -   This enables several very interesting conclusions showing the        total unreasonableness of trying to reason about model based CIs        without scientizing this reasoning. Namely, that        -   For implementing an IES^(FFOLLN) (as claimed by a claim            16-30)—the 35 USC SPL is just a specific FFOLLN—neither a            concrete FFOLLN nor the FSTP^(FFOLLN)-Test is needed (i.e.            it is sufficient to know that it is FFOL) nor a CI^(FFOLLN).            By calibrating a so implemented “abstract” IES^(FFOLLN) by a            CI^(FFOLLIN)'s PTR^(FFOLLIN)-DS (based on a concrete FFOLLN,            concrete CI^(FFOLLIN), and concrete FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test here            needed for construing the PTR^(FFOLLIN)-DS) it becomes an            IES^(FFOLLIN) all-knowing about CI^(FFOLLIN)'s satisfying            FFOLLN.        -   for none of the application areas of the CI disclosed by            this patent application (one of them being the “35 USC SPL            area”)—all being “FFOLLN areas”—the FSTP^(FFOLLN)-Test can            be defined without basing it on a FFOL CI. I.e., any FFOL CI            from a FFOLLN area creates, by its FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test, its            specific compound metric for any prior just as posteriori            art over the posc underlying this FFOLLN area.        -   recognizing any CI creates its own metric was not really            necessary with classical technology CIs—there intuition            insinuates it always is the same (though not understood by            anybody prior to FSTP technology)—for model-based emerging            technology CIs no intuition exists, thus making            indispensable the scientification of their tests for            satisfying their FFOLLNs, whatsoever [79].    -   The below quoted and underlined phrases used by the        specification have the following meanings:        -   a) “on direct or indirect request by an IES user” says that            this IES user may by itself invoke a function (=request its            execution directly) or else it may be prompted by the IES to            invoke a function (=request its execution indirectly).        -   b) “several different LACs about any AST of a CI/TT.0” shall            indicate that the existence of several LACs need not only be            due to an IES user having defined several different            multimedia presentations for a LAC, but may also be caused            by the AST itself comprising different ways of reasoning,            e.g. having different disclosures for an inC the AST deals            with and/or having for a disclosure more than one legal            justification.        -   c) An answer provided by the IES to a query put by an IES            user (as to at least one aspect of at least one inC of the            CI at issue) is called “complete and concise” if it            addresses and comprises all relevant legal and technical            information and presents this information such that it shows            the CI meets all respective requirements stated by            SPL—unlike information provided by the classical claim            construction, as missing both these objectives.        -   d) “question raised by an IES user intentionally or not”            says that the user may raise this question quite            purposefully, i.e. targeted, or incidentally, i.e. by chance            e.g. in presenting an argument.        -   e) The different “logics” of an AST denote the various kinds            this AST may present some issue, e.g. justify why an inC is            disclosed by the specification or why the inCs in a set are            independent.        -   f) “All ASTs for a given CI and its FFOLLIN” says that any            part of this CI's FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test is covered by an AST,            i.e. the CI's complete FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test understood as a            logical conjunction of basic logic statements is decomposed            into sets of BASTs (see γ) above).        -   g) Two LACs are “nonredundant”, if the ASTs they represent            share no BAST.

III. THE MEANINGS OF THE CI'S inCs AND OF SOME CLAIMS' WORDINGS

The independent claim(ed invention), CI—w.l.o.g. the plural is ignoredfor simplicity—is made-up from instantiations of 5 (BED-) inCs, namely:“KR-UIE”, “HI-UIE”, “IC-UIE”, “AST”, and “LAC”. Their meanings areprincipally explained in Section I, exemplified throughout thespecification of this patent application, and here described by theirusefulness in glossary like style.

The 5 inCs are references to information (sometimes dealt with as ifthey contained them), which the IES (semi-)automatically generates anduses, as defined in much detail in this specification. The claims,hence, contribute to disclosing/describing this CI's inventive concepts,in particular their respective incremental contributions to theusefulness of this CI. Some of the dependent CIs are based on furtherdisclosed inCs, not elaborated on, here.

The incremental usefulness [18,19] of the 5 inCs and all their 35 USCSPL implications needs to be instantly proven in realtime-mode only,their additional and potentially more elaborately presented usefulnessconsiderations in config-mode is taken as granted. The incrementalusefulness of these 5 inCs (in realtime-mode) is here defined—as theirmanifestation by means of an IES comprising its at least oneinstantiation or capable of creating it as well as invoking itinstantly, not by means of the method controlling it and enabling thesame definition, but being totally intangible/invisible—for the

-   -   LAC as follows: Any instantiation of it—when invoked (and        created by the IES for its partial existence during the        execution of the UIE.Y defining it) on direct or indirect        request by an IES user—responds to one of the finitely many        questions (anticipated in its config-mode) by an answer        potentially in multimedia presentation (determined in its        config-mode) instantly, correctly, completely, concisely, and to        some degree user controllable by an IES user as to this answer's        presentation and/or its logics. The occurrence of this question,        raised by an IES user intentionally or not, is the reason of        this instantiation's invocation. The issue addressed by this        question is one of the finitely many aspects of testing a given        CI for its satisfying the requirement(s) stated by the given        respective FFOLLIN instantiation. The set of all LACs defined,        for a given FFOLLIN and its CI in config-mode, establishes the        total usefulness of this CI provided by the so configured IES in        this FFOLLIN.    -   AST as follows: Any instantiation of it enables accessing a        specific part of the FSTP-DS—potentially finer than that of an        FSTP-test.o and/or stretching over parts of several        FSTP-test.o—whereby all ASTs, for a given CI and its FFOLLIN, in        total cover this CI's FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-DS. Thus, the usefulness of        an AST instantiation consists in its providing access, in the        CI's test for satisfying its given FFOLLIN, to that part of the        FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test represented by this AST instantiation.    -   IC-UIE as follows: Any instantiation of it enables structuring        and controlling the presentation of any part of any LAC.    -   HI-UIE as follows: Any instantiation of it enables determining        the multimedia aspects and didactic presentation of any LAC.    -   KR-UIE as follows: Any instantiation of it enables supporting        the presentation of any LAC by an appropriate choice of the        logics of the AST.

(Non-) Functional meanings of the claims' wordings, for which poscrecognizes how they fit into this CI—posc is that of an experienced ITsystem designer additionally familiar with SPL and the Supreme Court'sKSR/Bilski/Mayo/Myriad decisions as discussed in [71,78]—remain withoutexplanations. Those as to the 15 method claims apply the same way alsoto the subsequent system claims.

Finally, a few definitions/explanations/comments as to the claims areneeded/useful:

-   claim 1: Bold italic acronyms denote sets. In the definition of a    LAC the term “prove” should perhaps be replaced by the term    “reasons” or “argues”. W.l.o.g., this explanation may assume that    the given PTR-DS comprises only a single TT.0.    -   The term “automatically identifies” means that the IES, when        intending to invoke another user interaction, always first        checks whether a user request is pending. If so, it serves this        request, otherwise it checks whether it may prompt the user to        request a user interaction, and if so, it issues this prompt.-   claim 7: From the parent patent application follows that it is known    how to complete a partial PTR-DS. By footnote 2 this also applies    for any FFOLLN resp. FFOLLIN.-   claim 9: For being able to perform this check this CI would restrict    the power of the notation accordingly.

IV. THIS PATENT APPLICATION'S CI SATISFIES THE 35 USC'S SPL

By [11,25], the here claimed invention satisfies the 35 USC§§101/102/103/112 as it passes all 10 FSTP tests.o outlined by FIG. 3.It namely passes³⁾ ³ Performing the NANO test on this CI determines itscreative height to be ≧5 over posc, and there is no prior art orpragmatics which could reduce it. By [5,6], this CI's creative height is

-   -   larger than 1, thus warranting its novelty (as by the posc there        is no prior art document anticipating one of the 5 above        BID-inCs), and as it is especially at least    -   5 or more, thus warranting its nonobviousness, due to the same        reason.

-   FSTP test 1: Technically, all claimed inventions—as of claims 1 and    16 and of their dependent claims—are made-up by at least the 5 or    more BED-crCs quoted at the beginning of Section III, each    contributing to increasing an IES's usefulness in    generating/customizing/invoking LACs. Disaggregating them is    obsolete, i.e. performing the FSTP test 1 is trivial.

-   FSTP test 2: These 5 BED-crCs are lawfully disclosed by Sections    I-IV, i.e. are 5 BED-inCs. And: The FSTP-Test of the sole invention    claimed by a claim uses the single set of these 5 inCs.

-   FSTP test 3: None of the claims comprises a “means-plus-function”    wording.

-   FSTP test 4: The disclosures in Sections I-IV of the 5 BED-crCs and    hence of this CI are enabling.

-   FSTP test 5: The 5 BED-inCs are evidently independent.

-   FSTP test 6: The 5 BED-inCs are posc-nonequivalent, as there is no    prior art and no posc for them.

-   FSTP test 7: The claimed invention passes the NAIO test, as its    total usefulness is outlined in Section I and in Sections II-IV    described precisely by its 5 inCs (as identified at the beginning of    Section III), and if one of these 5 inCs is left away it does no    longer have the specified usefulness. Hence, none of the claimed    inventions is an abstract idea only.

-   FSTP test 8: The claimed invention is evidently not a natural    phenomenon solely; the contrary is true: none of its 5 inCs    represents a natural phenomenon.

-   FSTP test 9: The claimed invention is evidently novel and    nonobvious⁴⁾.

-   FSTP test 10: The claimed invention is not idempotent, because none    of its 5 inCs is trivial.

Hence, as stated above, the here claimed invention satisfies 35 USC'sSPL.

Finally, it is worthwhile noticing that this CI passes, by passing all10 FSTP tests, even 16 tests, as shown by FIG. 4—of which the classicalclaim construction only performs 6 ones, as explained by [25]. To putthis insight into the Mayo context: If the classical claim constructionwere allegedly seen as an invention being that useful as to determinewhether a claimed invention satisfies the US SPL or not, it would be—asseen by Bilski/Mayo—just an “abstract idea only” of a claimconstruction. Though, strangely enough, the classical claim constructionnever has been set out to be that useful. Indeed, it is more misleadingthan guiding to the complete and 35 USC conforming and by Mayo requiredclaim construction?.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an AST.1 translated into 3 LAC.a/b/c by their UIE.1a/1b/1cof 1/2/3 sequential UIE.1a^([1])/1b^([1,2])/1c^([1,2,3]) stepssemi-automatically generated/customized in config-mode by defining by anIES user their respective 6 <HI-UIE.Ys, KR-UIE.Ys, IC-UIE.Ys>.

FIG. 2 shows that AST.1 may have 2 logics presentations, leading to 3more powerful LAC.d/e/f by their UIE.1d/1e/1f, again based on 6 steps(lines) in total.

FIG. 3 shows the FSTP-Test, consisting of the 10 FSTP-test.o.

FIG. 4 shows the compound USC SPL expressed by the elementary FSTPtests.

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What is claimed is:
 1. A computer-implemented method, by its executionrealizing an “Innovation Expert System, IES”—comprising at least aprocessor, a memory for storing the method's executable code for theprocessor, at least one I/O device for IES's interactions with an IESuser, an “Items/Events Memory, I/EM” for storing all items and eventsthe method refers to, and a “User Interface Entity, UIE” ::={<KR-UIE,HI-UIE, IC-UIE>.Y|YεY^(UIE)}— in its config-mode generating andcustomizing a set of “legal argument chain, LAC”, {LAC}, for a given“PTR Data Structure, PTR^(FFOLLIN)-DS” determined by theFSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test, and an “Arguable Subtest,AST”εFSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test—omitting “^(FFOLLIN)” in the future—with{LAC}::={LAC^(AST).Z|LAC^(AST).Z proves TT.0 passes AST∀ZεZ^(AST)},whereby ∀ZεZ^(AST)⊂Y^(UIE) holds KR-UIE.Z comprises the AST, HI-UIE.Z isinput by a user, and IC-UIE.Z is determined by a user; in itsrealtime-mode presenting an invoked generated and/or customizedLAC^(AST).Z, ZεZ^(AST); when executed by the IES, the latter repeatedlyconsecutively invokes and completely executes, for any IES userseparately, the action A) when the IES is in a config-mode resp. theaction B) when the IES is in a realtime-mode, which means that for anIES user the IES then A) i. automatically identifies a ZεZ^(AST) forwhich a LAC^(AST) exists already or an ASTεFSTP-Test(PTR) to betransformed into a LAC, ii. automatically prompts a user to input intosaid identified KR-UIE.Z said AST, into its HI-UIE.Z what therepresentation shall be of this AST on what I/O device, and into itsIC-UIE.Z what interactive control a user shall have during saidrepresentation of said AST, iii. automatically may accept informationfrom at least one IES user to be communicated to at least one other IESuser's I/O device(s), iv. on request of an IES user toggles this IESuser's mode of the IES to the realtime-mode. B) i. automaticallyidentifies a LACε{LAC^(AST)}, ii. automatically identifies an AST thenautomatically identifies a LACε{LAC^(AST)}, iii. on having determinedsaid LAC, presents it as defined in A)ii. or predefined, iv.automatically may accept information from at least one IES user to becommunicated to at least one other IES user's I/O device(s); v. onrequest of an IES user toggles this IES user's mode of the IES to theconfig-mode.
 2. A computer-implemented method according to claim 1),whereby the representation of a user input that the IES requires may beidentified by a user, either by selecting said representation from anIES given set of such representations or by describing it in an IESgiven notation.
 3. A computer-implemented method according to claim 1),whereby the representation of an IES output for use by at least one IESuser may be identified by a user, either by selecting saidrepresentation from an IES given set of such representations or bydescribing it in an IES given notation.
 4. A computer-implemented methodaccording to claim 1), whereby a user input triggers an IES functionthat automatically or interactively with a user generates or modifies atleast a part of a KR-UIE.Y or HI-UIE.Y or IC-UIE.Y.
 5. Acomputer-implemented method according to claim 1), whereby the IESprovides to a user, for a UIE.Y, the capability of subdividing it or astep of it into steps and to remove such a subdivision, wherebyperforming a subdivision or removing it may be determined by the IEScontrolled by a user or by an IES user and any operation defined in A)and B) may be applied to a step.
 6. A computer-implemented methodaccording to claim 1), whereby at least one AST may be completely inputby an IES user, or derived by the IES from at least one PTR-DS partidentified by an IES user interactively with an IES user, orautomatically.
 7. A computer-implemented method according to claim 1),whereby the PTR-DS may be partially input or modified or verified by anIES user and—if incomplete—completed by the IES interactively with anIES user.
 8. A computer-implemented method according to claim 1),whereby the FFOLLIN may be provided by the PTR-DS, or input by an IESuser either by selecting a FFOLLN from an IES given set of such FFOLLNsand complete the selected FFOLLN to a FFOLLIN by inCs of the TT.0 of thegiven PTR, alternatively by describing it or a FFOLLN in an IES givennotation.
 9. A computer-implemented method according to claim 1),whereby an IES user may limit its SPL by a document, the additionallimitations of which on the TT.0 under test are described in somenotation provided by the IES, whereby the IES checks that the FFOLproperty of the resulting set of limitations is preserved.
 10. Acomputer-implemented method according to claim 1), whereby an IES usermay—by IES given procedures—mark-up at least one part of the PTR-DS andof the UIE used by the TT.0 test at issue and sign it in anauthenticable way, just as identify any such part and authenticate it,just as to have the IES monitor its use by such IES procedures, write alog file as to its use, and inform an IES user about its use instantlyor if an IES user configurable IES given event occurs.
 11. Acomputer-implemented method according to claim 1), whereby an IES usermay identify the actual state of the IES, toggle between different suchidentified states, and thereby get from the IES the description ofdifferences between both states, presented as configured by an IES userin a notation provided by the IES.
 12. A computer-implemented methodaccording to claim 1), whereby an IES user may undo its most recentinteraction with the IES, which changed its I/EM.
 13. Acomputer-implemented method according to claim 1), whereby an IES usermay enable/disable at least one other IES user to/from at least oneinteraction with an IES user.
 14. A computer-implemented methodaccording to claim 1), whereby an IES user may synchronize apart—selectable by an IES user from a set of parts provided by the IESor described by an IES user in a notation provided by the IES—of thepresentation of the IES to at least two IES users.
 15. Acomputer-implemented method according to claim 1), whereby an IES usermay request a part—selectable by an IES user from a set of partsprovided by the IES or described by an IES user in a notation providedby the IES—of the log-file of a period of the IES execution for a TT.0test.
 16. A computer-implemented system, by its execution realizing an“Innovation Expert System, IES”—comprising at least a processor, amemory for storing the method's executable code for the processor, atleast one I/O device for IES's interactions with an IES user, an“Items/Events Memory, I/EM” for storing all items and events the methodrefers to, and a “User Interface Entity, UIE” ::={<KR-UIE, HI-UIE,IC-UIE>.Y|YεY^(UIE)}— in its config-mode generating and customizing aset of “legal argument chain, LAC”, {LAC}, for a given “PTR DataStructure, PTR^(FFOLLIN)-DS” determined by the FSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test, andan “Arguable Subtest, AST”εFSTP^(FFOLLIN)-Test—omitting “^(FFOLLIN)” inthe future—with {LAC}::={LAC^(AST).Z|LAC^(AST).Z proves TT.0 passesAST∀ZεZ^(AST)}, whereby ∀ZεZ^(AST)⊂Y^(UIE) holds KR-UIE.Z comprises theAST, HI-UIE.Z is input by a user, and IC-UIE.Z is determined by a user;in its realtime-mode presenting an invoked generated and/or customizedLAC^(AST).Z, ZεZ^(AST); when executed by the IES, the latter repeatedlyconsecutively invokes and completely executes, for any IES userseparately, the action A) when the IES is in a config-mode resp. theaction B) when the IES is in a realtime-mode, which means that for anIES user the IES then A) i. automatically identifies a ZεZ^(AST) forwhich a LAC^(AST) exists already or an AST E FSTP-Test(PTR) to betransformed into a LAC, ii. automatically prompts a user to input intosaid identified KR-UIE.Z said AST, into its HI-UIE.Z what therepresentation shall be of this AST on what I/O device, and into itsIC-UIE.Z what interactive control a user shall have during saidrepresentation of said AST, iii. automatically may accept informationfrom at least one IES user to be communicated to at least one other IESuser's I/O device(s), iv. on request of an IES user toggles this IESuser's mode of the IES to the realtime-mode. B) i. automaticallyidentifies a LACε{LAC^(AST)}, ii. automatically identifies an AST thenautomatically identifies a LACε{LAC^(AST)}, iii. on having determinedsaid LAC, presents it as defined in A)ii. or predefined, iv.automatically may accept information from at least one IES user to becommunicated to at least one other IES user's I/O device(s); v. onrequest of an IES user toggles this IES user's mode of the IES to theconfig-mode.
 17. A computer-implemented system according to claim 16),whereby the representation of a user input that the IES requires may beidentified by a user, either by selecting said representation from anIES given set of such representations or by describing it in an IESgiven notation.
 18. A computer-implemented system according to claim16), whereby the representation of an IES output for use by at least oneIES user may be identified by a user, either by selecting saidrepresentation from an IES given set of such representations or bydescribing it in an IES given notation.
 19. A computer-implementedsystem according to claim 16), whereby a user input triggers an IESfunction that automatically or interactively with a user generates ormodifies at least a part of a KR-UIE.Y or HI-UIE.Y or IC-UIE.Y.
 20. Acomputer-implemented system according to claim 16), whereby the IESprovides to a user, for a UIE.Y, the capability of subdividing it or astep of it into steps and to remove such a subdivision, wherebyperforming a subdivision or removing it may be determined by the IEScontrolled by a user or by an IES user and any operation defined in A)and B) may be applied to a step.
 21. A computer-implemented systemaccording to claim 16), whereby at least one AST may be completely inputby an IES user, or derived by the IES from at least one PTR-DS partidentified by an IES user interactively with an IES user, orautomatically.
 22. A computer-implemented system according to claim 16),whereby the PTR-DS may be partially input or modified or verified by anIES user and—if incomplete—completed by the IES interactively with anIES user.
 23. A computer-implemented system according to claim 16),whereby the FFOLLIN may be provided by the PTR-DS, or input by an IESuser either by selecting a FFOLLN from an IES given set of such FFOLLNsand complete the selected FFOLLN to a FFOLLIN by inCs of the TT.0 of thegiven PTR, alternatively by describing it or a FFOLLN in an IES givennotation.
 24. A computer-implemented system according to claim 16),whereby an IES user may limit its SPL by a document, the additionallimitations of which on the TT.0 under test are described in somenotation provided by the IES, whereby the IES checks that the FFOLproperty of the resulting set of limitations is preserved.
 25. Acomputer-implemented system according to claim 16), whereby an IES usermay—by IES given procedures—mark-up at least one part of the PTR-DS andof the UIE used by the TT.0 test at issue and sign it in anauthenticable way, just as identify any such part and authenticate it,just as to have the IES monitor its use by such IES procedures, write alog file as to its use, and inform an IES user about its use instantlyor if an IES user configurable IES given event occurs.
 26. Acomputer-implemented system according to claim 16), whereby an IES usermay identify the actual state of the IES, toggle between different suchidentified states, and thereby get from the IES the description ofdifferences between both states, presented as configured by an IES userin a notation provided by the IES.
 27. A computer-implemented systemaccording to claim 16), whereby an IES user may undo its most recentinteraction with the IES, which changed its I/EM.
 28. Acomputer-implemented system according to claim 16), whereby an IES usermay enable/disable at least one other IES user to/from at least oneinteraction with an IES user.
 29. A computer-implemented systemaccording to claim 16), whereby an IES user may synchronize apart—selectable by an IES user from a set of parts provided by the IESor described by an IES user in a notation provided by the IES—of thepresentation of the IES to at least two IES users.
 30. Acomputer-implemented system according to claim 16), whereby an IES usermay request a part—selectable by an IES user from a set of partsprovided by the IES or described by an IES user in a notation providedby the IES—of the log-file of a period of the IES execution for a TT.0test.